Former president Lee Teng-hui’s (李登輝) office said yesterday in a press release that his planned trip to Japan this month has been canceled after a regular medical check-up. The office quoted Lee’s medical team as saying that while the 90-year-old was in fairly good health, they recommended that Lee, who has been hospitalized twice this year, avoid taking long trips. Lee was scheduled to deliver speeches in Tokyo and Zama City in Kanagawa Prefecture. The office said a Japan visit in the future would still be possible if Lee’s health permitted. Lee last visited Japan in September 2009.